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The Goddess Retreat was an intimate group of the most amazing southern women! They laughed, cried, prayed, shopped the racks of the studio, soul searched, and had a great hike up to the top of Mt. CB for the Living Journeys fundraiser for women living with cancer. We also had a YOGA FOR THE
PEACEFUL team for the summit hike and raised well over $1000! It was a wonderful weekend and I am very proud and honored to have gotten to know these women and the people on our summit team.
This weekend we took part in the “Women Build” fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity. This wonderful fundraiser was to encourage women to get involved in the building of Habitat homes. Chris Klein headed up the program and several other construction workers came out to lead and teach a large group of women many skills. The current house we were working on is being constructed for a single mom and a woman with MS. We got pink hard hats and tool belts, were treated to lunch from the Firebrand, and even got served wine and cheese afterwards. I was pretty excited to be wielding a hammer, staple gun, and get up on ladders and do such burly work. Much laughter, camaraderie, and teamwork made the time fly, but by 2:30 I was exhausted and fell asleep in the grass. I am not sure if most construction workers get to do that and I am duly impressed by the amount of work and physical labor that goes into this impressive profession. I think I am going to run a special from now on just for people in the construction industry!
It was very heartwarming to know that we were a part of something so special and I am looking forward to helping them out on other work days. Please consider lending a hand for this special project and come out with us next time. Especially needed are skilled workers. I know we are all busy these days, and working hard to meet our own needs, but there is something so special about lending a hand, and so much gratification that comes from it! For the yogi’s in the house, this is karma yoga, one of the most important aspects of being a yoga practitioner. This is what we call taking yoga “off the mat and into the world.”
That’s all for now! I am very busy working on the fall schedule which begins on September 7th, so look out for it!
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It’s getting chilly, huh?
Stay warm with Yoga!
OmLove,
Monica
I have been in Venice for almost 2 weeks now, assisting Shiva Rea. Although I miss the studio (and my kids!), it has been a great trip for me. Being with Shiva is one of the greatest highlights of my adult life. She is a living Yogini, Shakta, and huge voice and force of change in the world. She inspires and mirrors to me the best that I have inside myself, and being with her is like being immersed in grace and joy, one of those unexplainable things in life that just ARE.
This time, I had the honor of being her lead assistant, and was able to step up in a way that catapulted me to a new expression of my skills as a teacher. It was very empowering! I also had the honor of working with Twee Merrigan, a world class yoga teacher who taught several parts of the training, and the other wonderful assistants that are devoted to serving Shiva, all the participants that come to the training, and working with Exhale Yoga studio, one of the best yoga studios on the planet. (That is not an exaggeration.)
I will be back teaching class on Wednesday full of Shakti and excited to see all the lovely faces of my yoga students. I have gotten lots of ocean time as well, and am coming back refueled and full of new energy, ideas, and inspiration to continue teaching the transformative practices of yoga at YOGA FOR THE PEACEFUL!
Today the theme in our morning Fire class was igniting the flame inside of ourselves for that which we want/need to devote ourselves to. Each breath (a total of about 26,000 in one day) is a breath of God/Prana/Life-Force. Focusing on the amazing reality of that fact, we can direct our energy and propel ourselves to live a life of service, love, and joyful expression of our desires and dreams. Summer is not over until late September, so we can use the fire element of this season to ignite this flame that is inside us all. May you all strike that sacred flame inside of yourselves!
OmLove~
Monica
